Tag: strategy
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CISOs must prove the business value of cyber, the right metrics can help
Cybersecurity as a business function: “The challenge has been that security is put in the wrong organizational structure, with the CISO reporting to the CIO or CTO or chief digital officer,” Oberlaender says. “Security is not foremost a technology problem. Maybe ten or twenty percent is technology. But the rest is people, process and the…
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CISOs must prove the business value of cyber, the right metrics can help
Cybersecurity as a business function: “The challenge has been that security is put in the wrong organizational structure, with the CISO reporting to the CIO or CTO or chief digital officer,” Oberlaender says. “Security is not foremost a technology problem. Maybe ten or twenty percent is technology. But the rest is people, process and the…
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Investment in NHIs: A Justified Security Strategy?
How Do Non-Human Identities (NHIs) Transform Cloud Security? Can your organization afford to overlook the security of Non-Human Identities? Machine identities have become as crucial as human identities, bringing unique challenges and opportunities for cybersecurity experts around the globe. The management of NHIs, which are essentially machine identities, ensures robust cloud security by bridging the……
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NDSS 2025 Qualitative Study On Boards’ Cybersecurity Risk Decision Making
Tags: ciso, conference, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, fraud, Internet, network, phishing, risk, strategySESSION Session 2C: Phishing & Fraud 1 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Jens Christian Opdenbusch (Ruhr University Bochum), Jonas Hielscher (Ruhr University Bochum), M. Angela Sasse (Ruhr University Bochum, University College London) PAPER “Where Are We On Cyber?” – A Qualitative Study On Boards’ Cybersecurity Risk Decision Making Boards are increasingly required to oversee the cybersecurity…
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Balancer hack analysis and guidance for the DeFi ecosystem
Tags: access, attack, blockchain, control, crypto, exploit, finance, flaw, guide, intelligence, monitoring, oracle, radius, risk, software, strategy, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityTL;DR The root cause of the hack was a rounding direction issue that had been present in the code for many years. When the bug was first introduced, the threat landscape of the blockchain ecosystem was significantly different, and arithmetic issues in particular were not widely considered likely vectors for exploitation. As low-hanging attack paths…
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Digital health can’t scale if cybersecurity falls behind
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, framework, GDPR, governance, government, healthcare, HIPAA, identity, infection, intelligence, malicious, network, nist, phishing, privacy, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, strategy, technology, threat, training, virus, vulnerability, zero-trustThe unique vulnerabilities of AI systems: Traditional security frameworks are not enough for AI. Attacks on algorithms take subtler forms. I often explain to my clients that when you corrupt data, you corrupt intelligence. Data poisoning occurs when malicious data is inserted into the training process, teaching the AI to make wrong decisions later. Imagine…
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2026 nichts für schwache CI(S)O-Nerven
Aus Sicht von Forrester bleibt die Lage für IT-(Sicherheits-)Entscheider auch 2026 angespannt.Keine Entwarnung für IT-(Sicherheits-)Entscheider: Die Analysten von Forrester gehen in den Predictions 2026 davon aus, dass die Volatilität 2026 weiter anhält. CIOs und CISOs seien entsprechend gefordert, mit Präzision, Resilienz und strategischer Weitsicht zu führen.Das gilt den Auguren zufolge insbesondere für Künstliche Intelligenz (KI),…
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2026 nichts für schwache CI(S)O-Nerven
Aus Sicht von Forrester bleibt die Lage für IT-(Sicherheits-)Entscheider auch 2026 angespannt.Keine Entwarnung für IT-(Sicherheits-)Entscheider: Die Analysten von Forrester gehen in den Predictions 2026 davon aus, dass die Volatilität 2026 weiter anhält. CIOs und CISOs seien entsprechend gefordert, mit Präzision, Resilienz und strategischer Weitsicht zu führen.Das gilt den Auguren zufolge insbesondere für Künstliche Intelligenz (KI),…
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Business continuity and cybersecurity: Two sides of the same coin
Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, business, cloud, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, email, finance, framework, google, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, network, nist, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, sans, service, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, training, veeam, vulnerability, zero-trustWhy traditional business continuity plans fail against modern threats: I’ve implemented change management processes in environments requiring 99.99% uptime and I can tell you that most business continuity plans were designed for a different era. They assume that your backup systems, communication channels and recovery procedures will be available when you need them. Today’s threat…
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Business continuity and cybersecurity: Two sides of the same coin
Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, business, cloud, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, email, finance, framework, google, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, network, nist, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, sans, service, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, training, veeam, vulnerability, zero-trustWhy traditional business continuity plans fail against modern threats: I’ve implemented change management processes in environments requiring 99.99% uptime and I can tell you that most business continuity plans were designed for a different era. They assume that your backup systems, communication channels and recovery procedures will be available when you need them. Today’s threat…
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Digital health can’t scale if cybersecurity falls behind
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, framework, GDPR, governance, government, healthcare, HIPAA, identity, infection, intelligence, malicious, network, nist, phishing, privacy, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, strategy, technology, threat, training, virus, vulnerability, zero-trustThe unique vulnerabilities of AI systems: Traditional security frameworks are not enough for AI. Attacks on algorithms take subtler forms. I often explain to my clients that when you corrupt data, you corrupt intelligence. Data poisoning occurs when malicious data is inserted into the training process, teaching the AI to make wrong decisions later. Imagine…
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Digital health can’t scale if cybersecurity falls behind
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, framework, GDPR, governance, government, healthcare, HIPAA, identity, infection, intelligence, malicious, network, nist, phishing, privacy, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, strategy, technology, threat, training, virus, vulnerability, zero-trustThe unique vulnerabilities of AI systems: Traditional security frameworks are not enough for AI. Attacks on algorithms take subtler forms. I often explain to my clients that when you corrupt data, you corrupt intelligence. Data poisoning occurs when malicious data is inserted into the training process, teaching the AI to make wrong decisions later. Imagine…
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The Shift Toward Zero-Trust Architecture in Cloud Environments
As businesses grapple with the security challenges of protecting their data in the cloud, several security strategies have emerged to safeguard digital assets and ensure compliance. One such security strategy is called zero-trust security. Zero-trust architecture fosters the ‘never trust, always verify’ principle and emphasizes the need to authenticate users without trust. Contrary to traditional security approaches that leverage perimeter-based security, zero-trust architecture assumes that threats exist outside as well..…
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The Shift Toward Zero-Trust Architecture in Cloud Environments
As businesses grapple with the security challenges of protecting their data in the cloud, several security strategies have emerged to safeguard digital assets and ensure compliance. One such security strategy is called zero-trust security. Zero-trust architecture fosters the ‘never trust, always verify’ principle and emphasizes the need to authenticate users without trust. Contrary to traditional security approaches that leverage perimeter-based security, zero-trust architecture assumes that threats exist outside as well..…
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The Shift Toward Zero-Trust Architecture in Cloud Environments
As businesses grapple with the security challenges of protecting their data in the cloud, several security strategies have emerged to safeguard digital assets and ensure compliance. One such security strategy is called zero-trust security. Zero-trust architecture fosters the ‘never trust, always verify’ principle and emphasizes the need to authenticate users without trust. Contrary to traditional security approaches that leverage perimeter-based security, zero-trust architecture assumes that threats exist outside as well..…
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Metrics don’t lie, but they can be misleading when they only tell IT’s side of the story
In this Help Net Security interview, Rik Mistry, Managing Partner at Interval Group, discusses how to align IT strategy with business goals. He explains how security, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/07/rik-mistry-interval-group-it-security-metrics/
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Optimistic About Cloud Security? You Need NHIs
What is the Pivotal Role of Non-Human Identities in Cloud Security? How secure is your organization’s cloud infrastructure? It’s a crucial question while more businesses shift to cloud environments and face complex security challenges. One often-overlooked yet vital component of a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy involves the management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs). These machine identities, comprising……
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Smart Secrets Management for Effective Risk Reduction
Why Are Non-Human Identities the Key to Smart Secrets Management? Have you considered the role of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) in secrets management? Where digital ecosystems become increasingly complex, protecting these machine identities becomes paramount. NHIs, which comprise encrypted passwords, tokens, or keys”, akin to a digital “passport””, play a critical role in risk reduction strategies…
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Smart Secrets Management for Effective Risk Reduction
Why Are Non-Human Identities the Key to Smart Secrets Management? Have you considered the role of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) in secrets management? Where digital ecosystems become increasingly complex, protecting these machine identities becomes paramount. NHIs, which comprise encrypted passwords, tokens, or keys”, akin to a digital “passport””, play a critical role in risk reduction strategies…